ARTOMATIX LIMITED

Their core work

Artomatix is a Dublin-based technology SME that builds AI-driven tools for generating and enhancing visual digital content. Their flagship work targets two adjacent pain points: helping 3D artists produce game, film and VR textures and materials automatically instead of by hand, and using machine learning to upscale video quality on the end-user device so streaming platforms can push less data over the network. In both cases they sell software that replaces slow, manual content production pipelines with AI-assisted automation. They operate as a product company, not a services shop — they ship tools that artists, studios and media platforms integrate into their own workflows.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Artomatix moved from AI for static 3D assets (2016-2018, ArtomatixSuite) to AI for moving images (2018-2021, ENHANCEplayer) — the same deep-learning toolbox applied to a new medium. The shift also broadens their market from game and film studios toward video platforms and streaming infrastructure. The underlying through-line is consistent: use neural networks to reduce the cost and effort of producing or delivering high-quality visual content.

They are heading toward real-time, on-device AI for media — a direction useful for anyone building streaming, XR, or game engine tooling.

How they like to work

Artomatix coordinated both of their H2020 projects and ran lean consortia — only four unique partners across three countries, pointing to small, product-focused teams rather than large research networks. This is typical of a commercially-driven SME using EU funding to de-risk product development rather than to pursue open-ended research. Partnering with them means working with a decision-maker, not a subcontractor, but expect commercial priorities to shape scope.

A tight network of four partners across three countries, built around Artomatix itself as the lead rather than a wider European consortium.

What sets them apart

Few H2020-funded Irish SMEs built a credible AI product line across both 3D graphics and video in the same window — Artomatix did, and did it as coordinator on both grants. That combination (Dublin SME + ICT product focus + successful SME-Instrument graduation into an Innovation Action) makes them a rare example of EU funding being used as a genuine commercialization ladder. For a partner, the appeal is working with a company that ships, not one that writes deliverables.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ArtomatixSuite
  Their largest grant (EUR 1.47M) and the SME-Instrument Phase 2 project that put their AI 3D content tools on the map.
• ENHANCEplayer
  A pivot from 3D assets to AI video quality enhancement, funded as a full Innovation Action — evidence they graduated from SME-instrument into larger-scale deployment work.